vice and the vision machine
two monumental things have gone down in the past week
1. i can legitimately use the quarter life crisis excuse since im legally 25 now. although, i still look nothing short of a jail bait 17 years old. the only gifts i received consisted of a bottle of jack and some pot. good lord! this is what my life has been reduced to in between the the monotony of the 9-5 coal mine gig. UGH. I need out, which is why i went out and bought my GRE study guide material the very next day in an effort to thwart any nascent crisis crap.
2. watched avatar, in imax3d. such a visually arresting film, a statement that i reserve both as a compliment and a critique. the fact that it was a stunning ocular treat is incontestable. maybe it's due to the fact that i tend to shift, toss and turn a lot while im in the theatre but i felt as though my body was relegated to a singular position with this 3d stuff, which i obviously didnt enjoy. anytime i tilted my head, repositioned my body in any way that wasnt upright, the image became blurry through the glasses (well not so much blurry as much as the two transposed images became apparent). its like the fictional environment around you is expanded and redefined, but your own personal space/experience is, quite conversely, locked in place and confined. i guess that's the paradox of this new technology. one last thing: worthington's terrible american accent alone should've made cameron reconsider any dialogue he was offered...should've just taken off his shirt over and over again.
cant wait for new year's eve. have a half dozen friends or so i havent seen in ages in town and im gearing for a great night!
merry late xmas y'all
1. i can legitimately use the quarter life crisis excuse since im legally 25 now. although, i still look nothing short of a jail bait 17 years old. the only gifts i received consisted of a bottle of jack and some pot. good lord! this is what my life has been reduced to in between the the monotony of the 9-5 coal mine gig. UGH. I need out, which is why i went out and bought my GRE study guide material the very next day in an effort to thwart any nascent crisis crap.
2. watched avatar, in imax3d. such a visually arresting film, a statement that i reserve both as a compliment and a critique. the fact that it was a stunning ocular treat is incontestable. maybe it's due to the fact that i tend to shift, toss and turn a lot while im in the theatre but i felt as though my body was relegated to a singular position with this 3d stuff, which i obviously didnt enjoy. anytime i tilted my head, repositioned my body in any way that wasnt upright, the image became blurry through the glasses (well not so much blurry as much as the two transposed images became apparent). its like the fictional environment around you is expanded and redefined, but your own personal space/experience is, quite conversely, locked in place and confined. i guess that's the paradox of this new technology. one last thing: worthington's terrible american accent alone should've made cameron reconsider any dialogue he was offered...should've just taken off his shirt over and over again.
cant wait for new year's eve. have a half dozen friends or so i havent seen in ages in town and im gearing for a great night!
merry late xmas y'all